Mass Effect To Invade the Big Screen

UgLyPuNk writes "This could be a good thing or a bad thing: EA has just confirmed that it's making Mass Effect into a movie. The franchise has been acquired by Legendary Pictures, which is best known for its co-productions of The Dark Knight, Clash of the Titans, 300, Watchmen, and, um, The Hangover, as part of a co-financing agreement with Warner Bros."

Legendary Pictures is good news!

[tingeber]

Maybe we'll get Zach Galifianakis as Shepherd.

Can it wait?

[atheistmonk]

I'm in the middle of some calibrations.

Uwe Bolle to direct.

[deniable]

Since he's made so many other game adaptations.

Shepard

[fightinfilipino]

Wrex

Re:Jack Shephard

[stealth_finger]

You surely mean Assface Shepherd?

Uwe Boll

[jaryd]

is rumored to be attached to direct! EPIC WIN!

Re:EVE Online

[Rogerborg]

That would be awesome. The movie could start, we could get up and go play some frisbee, come back in 2 hours, and get the "movie watched" experience without the tiresome business of having to sit through it!

Re:Legendary Pictures is good news!

[Gumbercules!!]

But Shephard is a woman!

Re:Can it wait?

[BForrester]

A similarly faithful film of Mass Effect would presumably keep interrupting the plot for a quick tour of the 15th more-or-less identical mining station or military outpost.

Not to mention a four-minute elevator ride every time the scene changes.

Re:Great... Game to Movie

[boneclinkz]

Mass Effect: Mining Hard with the Shep

"Commander, large deposit of element zero showing up on scanners."

"Launch probe."

*brrrriiiiiiiiiiing*

"Commander, we're detecting reasonable quantities of platinum in this region."

"Send a probe."

"Aye aye."

*brrrriiiiiiiiiiing*

"Commander, it looks like we've got a region here with large amounts of both element zero and platinum."

" Launch that motherfucking proooooooobe. "

*roll credits*

Re:Can it wait?

[zill]

Umptilogy

It's as if millions of grammar nazis suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

Re:I'm...

[ElKry]

They could go fully recursive and re-release the original game marketing it "I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite game".

Re:Can it wait?

[gwslyon]

I agree and, of course, the really good news is that U** fucking B*** isn't involved.

Fixed that for ya.